oversleep
English
/ˈəʊvəɹˌsliːp/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To sleep for longer than intended.
- (reflexive) To sleep for longer than one intended.
- (transitive) To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.).
Etymology
Prefix from English sleep.
Origin
English
sleep
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisleep English
- asleep English
- autosleep English
- besleep English
- coldsleep English
- cosleep English
- cryosleep English
- dogsleep English
- electrosleep English
- forsleep English
- hypersleep English
- microsleep English
- midsleep English
- nonsleep English
- outsleep English
- oversleeper English
- postsleep English
- presleep English
- sleep English
- sleep-eat English
- sleep-fuck English
- sleepable English
- sleepaholic English
- sleepbound English
- sleepdriving English
- sleepeat English
- sleeper English
- sleepest English
- sleepeth English
- sleepful English
- sleepies English
- sleepish English
- sleepless English
- sleeplike English
- sleepness English
- sleepover English
- sleepsack English
- sleepshirt English
- sleepsuit English
- sleeptalk English
- sleeptalker English
- sleepwaker English
- sleepwaking English
- sleepwalk English
- sleepwalker English
- sleepward English
- sleepwear English
- sleepwise English
- sleepwort English
- sleepwrite English
- sleepy English
- undersleep English
- unsleep English
- slepen Middle English
- slip Volapük
- slipön Volapük
- slip Tok Pisin
- sleep
- asleep
- sleepy
- besleep
- sleeper
- unsleep
- cosleep
- sleepeth
- midsleep
- nonsleep
- presleep
- outsleep
- dogsleep
- sleepful
- sleepeat
- forsleep
- sleepish
- sleepest
- sleepies
- coldsleep
- sleepable
- sleepwise
- sleep-eat
- sleepness
- sleepless
- autosleep
- sleepwort
- sleepwear
- sleepward
- antisleep
- sleepsuit
- sleepover
- postsleep
- cryosleep
- sleeplike
- sleeptalk
- sleepwalk
- sleepsack
- sleep-fuck
- sleepwaker
- sleepshirt
- sleepbound
- undersleep
- hypersleep
- microsleep
- sleepwrite
- sleeptalker
- sleepwaking
- sleepaholic
- sleepwalker
- oversleeper
- electrosleep
- sleepdriving